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r7"w5T" t vf? ; The Commoner JANUARY, 1915 27 ' A'-w FOR SALE h ,S ! h': v.;';- . .t e.- '''I' An Improved Farm of 2Q0 acres, under irriga- :;r ;. Jion, three miles from Mission, Texas. ' y. This farm is in the Rio Grande Valley. I have ;; not time to look after it It has a house costing $2,500.00, with bams and outbuildings to match: " is fenced and in cultivation. I will sell the entire 200 acres for $20,000, with liberal discount '.. for cash. Small tracts, not including the one upon which the r " . house stands, may be purchased as follows: 10 acre tracts, $125 per acre; 20 acre tracts, $122.50 per acre; 40 acre tracts, $120 per acre; 80. acre tracts $ 1 1 5 per acre. W. J. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb. . .'&& AT --V J,.-. ..' -TB -.7UK' '. MT' 12 of this' direct supply Is one great ob ject of farm management studies. FILLING THE EGG BASKET The Missouri college of agriculture gives the following prescription for hen-happiness and a full egg basket: Allow each hen four square feet of floor space. Provide one square foot of glass to every fifteen square feet of floor space. Locate the windows on the south side and place the tops not quite half as high as the house is wide. Ventilate by placing one square foot of muslin to every fifteen square feet of flo.or space, or by making a slat front similar to the cupolas-in barns. Be sure that there are no openings for drafts on the back, ends and roof. Build a1 floor eight inches higher than the surrounding ground. Fill in four inches of coarse stone, then two inches of clay and then two of dirt. This will make a dry floor. Provide' eight to ten inches of roost ing space and one nest t every six hens. Cover the floor with a foot or eighteen inches of straw. Feed the grain in the straw so as to encourage exercise. MOLD POISON IN HORSES Reports from several localities show a considerable loss among horses running in cornstalks. It is possible that owing to the excessive rainfall of some sections during the late summer, followed by warm, dry weather, certain molds were devel oped on the corn plants which caused the same trouble among horses that occurred during the late summer of 1912 Horses are peculiarly suscep tible to molds whether on grain or forage. 1 Experiments at the Nebraska Ag ricultural college as well as in other states havo shown that when fed moldy ear corn horses develop a fatal disease affecting the brain, commonly called blind staggers. Ear corn show ing any signs of mold should not be fed to horses. Where shelled corn is fed it can be placed in a bucket and water poured over it. Stirring will bring the light moldy kernels to the top, when they can be poured off. CLEAN SEED WIIL ELIMINATE BLIGHT A recurrence of late blight and dry tot among potatoes can be prevented next year. Clean seed Is the great essential. Seed treatment is not ef fective for this particular disease. - The late blight dry rot exists to a considerable extent among storage potatoes, says E. C. Stakman, assist ant plant pathologist of the agricul tural experiment station. If such lots ire used for seed next yea'r the disease may again be very de structive, especially if weather con ditions favor its spread. It is, there fore, of vital importance that healthy seed be used. The Minnesota experiment station pathologists have been misquoted with reference to methods of secur ing such healthy seed. The soaking of seed potatoes is necessary in con trolling some diseases, but treatment with formaldehyde or corrosive sub limate will not prevent late blight. Seed potatoes should be secured from fields which have not had any of the disease during the last year. If healthy tubers are planted and the vines thoroughly sprayed with Bor deaux mixture next year, the disease c?n be controlled. Detailed informa tion will be given shortly before planting time. PEED GRAL7 TO THE DAIRY COW Some dairymen have the wrong opinion as to the value to be derived from feeding grain to the cows, says Coleman's Rural World. Many ex pect to see at oi-.e a decided increase in the test of their milk, some a marked increase in the quantity of the milk, and when neither result oc curs they decide that there Is no profit to bo had from feeding grain Many cows fed on coarse fodder alone when they come in do finely, but my experience is that the cows fed grain hold their flow of milk better dur ing the entire season than those that do not havo grain. Feeding grain to heifers has a tend ency to develop them so that they do much better tho following season than they would If not fed tho grain. I do not claim that it pays to feed grain to all cows, or in other words, all cows will not pay for the grain given them because of their small nroductive canacitv. It has certainly paid to feed this paj3t summer, for with the pastures almost bare from dry weather the cows would have gone almost entirely dry if they had not been grained. SAVE YOUR WOOD ASHES AND PUT ON ACID SOILS Don't waste wood ashes. Apply them, as produced, to acid soils. This is the advice of A. R. Whit son, head of the Wisconsin state soils laboratory. It is of particular value to those who have waste wood, to burn. Wood ase3 contain a large pro portion of lime which makes them of value in correcting acid soils. Oftentimes land Intonded for clover or alfulfa can bo bettor prepared for the crop by a top dressing of fresh wood ashes, either hard or soft wood being equally satisfactory. Such a treatment will bo of especial value on marshy and sandy soils. , If not allowed to leach out, wood ashes are also rich in potash and so form a home source for a much need ed element. Practically nil nt nnc 'potash supply has been imported Into mis country from certain of tho countries of Europe now at war vhich fact has caused considerable concern with many hero who pur chase in large quantities. Mr. Whltson sees no reason for alarm over the potash situation. Ho does .not think that the war will ab solutely prohibit the Importation of potash from German mines for any great period and as ho points out the American supply Is already being diluted in order to make it last. Whether or not It will pay to use ashes for agricultural, purposes de pends upon tho distance they have to be hauled. When buying ashes the purchaser should satisfy himself that, tho material is neither adulterated nor full of coal residue. PATENTS yVatnen H. C'elrtmnit. Patent .Lawyer, Washington, .(. Arlvirat nnrf hnntra f rr Hatca reasonable. HJchest references. Bent service. nUSIXESS MANAGER WANTED Reliable rnan to represent us hi evety county, Bfz money for Ifood workers. 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